Register for pocket-books



(No Model.)

s. L. WENTZ. REGISTER FOR POCKET BOOKS.

No. 603,493. Patented May 3, 1898.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL L. WENTZ, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

REGISTER FOR POCKET-BOOKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,493, dated May 3, 1898.

Application filed April 16, 1897. Serial No- 632,496, (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL L. VENTZ, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Registering Pocket- Books, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention has relation to pocket-books provided with means for registering the amount of cash purchases, making a neat, compact whole, simple in construction and operation, obviating the necessity of carrying and employing a pencil for the purpose of registering purchases.

My invention is principally designed for ladies use and may be produced at comparatively small cost.

I am aware that registering devices having rotatable disks provided in-an apertured casing for displaying the numbers on the respective disks is not new, and do not claim the same broadly, my invention residing in the device hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the invention. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the registering device detached from the pocket-book or wallet. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on the lines 3 8, Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view on the lines 4 4, Fig. 2.

The pocket-book or wallet A is of leather or other suitable material, of ordinary construction, having the pockets at a, a the pocket a being formed by the upper layer of material a Secured upon the material a through the medium of the spring-hooks d, is the register-casing, formed of the plates 1) b, which are united by an angle or flange at the edges, except the upper edge, which is open to allow of the partial protrusion of the upper portion of the disks c 0 0 which are journaled through the medium of the pins 13 in the said casing and between the plates 1) b, the said pins 19 being headed on opposite ends and so drawn as to create sufficient friction between the faces of the disks and the inner edges of the plates of the casing to prevent accidental rotation of the disks, yet at the same time to allow of their free rotation when operated by the finger upon the protruding edges, which are preferably milled. The upper plate Z) is provided with orifices 0, corresponding in number to the number of the disks arranged in line and of sufficient size to allow of one figure only of each respective disk being visible at one time, the plate I) being preferably marked on its face with the dollar and cents mark. I have shown and described the combination of four disks, though it is clear that other numbers may be employed.

The operation of the device is obvious without further description, each disk being independently turned until the proper figure to indicate the amount of the purchase is visible through the apertures 0. Each disk being numbered consecutively from O to 9, the desired figure is readily found by rotating the disk. The disks also overlap each other, so as to render the register compact and to bring the apertures 0 as near together as possible. The spring-clamps cl are rigidly secured at one end to the upper edge of the inner plate I) of the casing and preferably bent, so as to spring and hold the registering device snugly and securely to the flap or layer a Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A pocket-book registering device comprising a metallic disk-containing pocket open at one edge only and having flat face-plates b, I), provided with rounded ends, the lower of said face-plates being provided at its opposite ends with integral fingers d, forming springclamps adapted to partly embrace the edge of the flap of the pocket-book, a series of headed pins 19, extending across the pocket and arranged to slightly draw the face-plates I), Z), toward each other, and a series of overlapping disks, c, 0, c c bearing on their faces numerals from O to 9, said disks being mounted centrally upon the pins, 13, and having their edges slightly protruding beyond the mouth of the pocket, substantially as specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this th day of April, 1897.

SAMUEL L. IVENTZ.

\Vitnesses:

J. HENDERSON, EDMUND S. MILLS. 

